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>> you have to take some big whacks at social security. what would you offer them they would allow them to vote for something that would be very difficult for them? >> any ideas, you can pass them on. we have a serious challenge facing the country. in addition to the three challenges i outlined, we are up against the debt limit. while some think that we could go past august the second, i frankly think it puts us in an awful lot of jeopardy and put our economy in jeopardy, risking even more jobs. i believe it is important we come to an agreement, but it has to be agreement there really does fundamentally change our spending and our debt situation. >> given how far apart you describe yourself, what you hope will come out of sunday? >> i do not know. a lot of conversations are continuing. in all honesty, i do not think things have narrowed. i do not think that this problem has narrowed at all in the last several days. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >>
>> you have to take some big whacks at social security. what would you offer them they would allow them to vote for something that would be very difficult for them? >> any ideas, you can pass them on. we have a serious challenge facing the country. in addition to the three challenges i outlined, we are up against the debt limit. while some think that we could go past august the second, i frankly think it puts us in an awful lot of jeopardy and put our economy in jeopardy, risking...
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we do not get the big loopholes. they do. guest: again, i think that comment is reflective of a reality -- and i keep saying this -- that has been up there. it has given us a lot of strength to be able to say, we are going to fight for social security, fight for medicare, fight for the progressive budget to be in the discussion because that is what we are getting back from the american people. we are confident that we are taking their message to d.c. sometimes we will run afoul of our own leadership, our own president in these discussions, but our intent is not to repeat president for our leadership. our intent is to be independent voices for what we think is the american reality that nobody is talking about. host: congressman grijalva is the co-chair of the caprogressie caucus. we are now or to turn our attention to this issue in the detroit free for us this morning -- in the detroit free press this morning, betty ford. up next is noella rodriguez, who worked several years for laura bush. we will be talking to our about the
we do not get the big loopholes. they do. guest: again, i think that comment is reflective of a reality -- and i keep saying this -- that has been up there. it has given us a lot of strength to be able to say, we are going to fight for social security, fight for medicare, fight for the progressive budget to be in the discussion because that is what we are getting back from the american people. we are confident that we are taking their message to d.c. sometimes we will run afoul of our own...
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i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going after the cutting-edge biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow, for example, brazil to run about a third of its transportation system on biofuels. now, they get it from sugar cane and it's a more efficient conversion process than corn-based ethanol. and so us doing more basic research in finding better ways to do the same concept i think is the right way to go. q i believe you addressed this next one, so we're going to skip past it. the president: i did. q but from ryan: "i would cut defense spending." q and james: "i'd cut c
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and i love the big east basketball tournament. a couple years ago, two of our teams played six overtimes. they were so exhausted, they weren't very competitive in the ncaa. but we insisted that they play until they dropped. my native state, the yuste of arkansas was involved with kentucky a few years ago in a football game that went to six overtimes and the score was 71-63, it sounded like basketball. it's fun to watch, but it's not a good model for the way society has to work. woe don't require there to be a lot of losers. now, what does it mean for where we are now? in contrast to the vision the president has laid out of shared prosperity and shared responsibilities and a deeply widening community, the current govepbing philosophy of the republicans in congress is that america would be just fine if we can weaken the government more. the government is the source of all our problems. there is no such thing as a good tax, no such good thing as a regular laying, no such thing as a bad deregulation. all these programs are a waste of
and i love the big east basketball tournament. a couple years ago, two of our teams played six overtimes. they were so exhausted, they weren't very competitive in the ncaa. but we insisted that they play until they dropped. my native state, the yuste of arkansas was involved with kentucky a few years ago in a football game that went to six overtimes and the score was 71-63, it sounded like basketball. it's fun to watch, but it's not a good model for the way society has to work. woe don't...
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i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the world and the u.s. as well. it is not just an issue of wealth. it is also an issue of education. important, the comprehensive tax reform that is outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal sanity report under both from march would end up resulting with everybody and that making more than a stated percentage will pay something. those who end up having more and make more will pay more. we will have an even more progressive tax system. but the way we do it is through comprehe
i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there...
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that is that congress establishes budget cuts big enough to satisfy the credit agencies. stocks would make our run at new bull market highs. it cannot pass a sizable plan, the downside would be limited to 10%. scenario 3, the worst outcome -- let's go to maryland, angela, an independent. caller: i'm a first-time caller. i am a social conservative and a fiscal conservative. i used to both the republican party from my local elections to the presidential elections. the worst thing that happened to the republican party is eric cantor. he reminds me of a child is totally intransigent. he is rude to the president and shows he is all talk and he cannot stand the heat in the kitchen. the tea party has taken over the republican party. why should grover norquist ask republican members to sign a pledge to him? he has not got our country. the republicans no longer represent me. they are behaving like a step further wives. -- stepford wives. this is not the reagan republican party that i used in them. this is really pathetic. people need to stop talking about social security as an ent
that is that congress establishes budget cuts big enough to satisfy the credit agencies. stocks would make our run at new bull market highs. it cannot pass a sizable plan, the downside would be limited to 10%. scenario 3, the worst outcome -- let's go to maryland, angela, an independent. caller: i'm a first-time caller. i am a social conservative and a fiscal conservative. i used to both the republican party from my local elections to the presidential elections. the worst thing that happened to...
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i am a big supporter of biofuels. one thing that has become clear is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels made from things like wood chips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn. that is probably the least efficient energy producer of the various other approaches. it is important to examine if we're going after the cutting edge by diesel --biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow brazil to run about 1/3 of its transportation system on biofuels. they get it from sugar cane. it is a more efficient conversion process than corn- based ethanol. doing more research in finding better ways to do the same concepts, i think that is the right way to go. >> i believe you addressed this next one. we will skip past it. james says he would cut costs by cutting welfare programs. people will not try harder when they are handed everything. >> i think we should acknowledge that some welfare programs in the past were not well-designed. in some cases, they did encourage dependency. i worked
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they don't even touch any of the tax breaks for big oil, for big gas, for big coal. tax loopholes that help keep companies offshoring jobs, those were too important to cut as well. the republican plan is about misplaced priorities, and we see it in full display here once again today in this bill on the house floor. when it comes to nuclear power, the republicans want to spend more taxpayer money after fukushima. when it comes to coal, republicans want to spend more taxpayer money. this bill even keeps alive the deep-water drilling program ensuring that millions in tax breaks continue to be wasted on developing oil-drilling technologies that rich oil companies already have and can afford to pay for themselves by tipping american consumers upside down at the pump every time they go to refill their gas tanks. they don't need taxpayer money to do this. the last in line should be oil companies. they're first in line. they're first in line under the republican agenda. now, when it comes to clean energy, though, when it comes to the future, what young people think should be
they don't even touch any of the tax breaks for big oil, for big gas, for big coal. tax loopholes that help keep companies offshoring jobs, those were too important to cut as well. the republican plan is about misplaced priorities, and we see it in full display here once again today in this bill on the house floor. when it comes to nuclear power, the republicans want to spend more taxpayer money after fukushima. when it comes to coal, republicans want to spend more taxpayer money. this bill...
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so that, in and of itself was a big deal for our country. and then personally, if you coupled that, the president at that time or soon after having to help and cope and help betty ford cope with having breast cancer. one can only imagine the ordeal they had to go through as a couple but as president and fist lady. what was going on in their own home and obviously across the headlines as well. host: i read an interview with betty ford that she was opposed to the party before president ford pardonned richard nixon. guest: you know, a lot of people have very strong opinions about it. and that would not surprise me. i had not heard that, but that would not surprise me. but i think again in retrospect, however people felt, it really was designed to help get the country past this dark episode called watergate. host: one of the popular campaign buttons in 1976 was this. "i'm voting for betty's husband " was the button. and gerald ford by a margin of maybe 30 or 40 or 100 delegates beat ronald reagan to win the 1976 presidential primary. that conven
so that, in and of itself was a big deal for our country. and then personally, if you coupled that, the president at that time or soon after having to help and cope and help betty ford cope with having breast cancer. one can only imagine the ordeal they had to go through as a couple but as president and fist lady. what was going on in their own home and obviously across the headlines as well. host: i read an interview with betty ford that she was opposed to the party before president ford...
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it means that big company that have lots of product or big, expensive products can afford to get a functional exemption because it's a very complicated petition would you have to file with us. they can afford to file the petition, all the supporting work and everything. and then we can exempt them. but for small needs, for these same exact materials that do not harm a child, i don't think , you know that they probably would be able to afford either the weight for us to act on it or the cost to put the petition together. so that in particular to me, you know, is not a good way to go about easing this. making the observing ability a useful exception would make a huge difference. >> did you want to add on to that. i wanted to disagree. >> somebody else may give time to do that. i've got one more thing to say because i'm running out of time. i did hear from several of you as i was lessening to this testimony that you all, at least a couple of you, made mention that perhaps the legislation created more of the problem than i think both you and you, commissioner. the legislation created more of the
it means that big company that have lots of product or big, expensive products can afford to get a functional exemption because it's a very complicated petition would you have to file with us. they can afford to file the petition, all the supporting work and everything. and then we can exempt them. but for small needs, for these same exact materials that do not harm a child, i don't think , you know that they probably would be able to afford either the weight for us to act on it or the cost to...
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there is a big frea. -- fear. to what extent will whites become more effective aggrieved minority than any other in our history? >> i know this is a subject you have written before, particularly when you want to boost the number of commentators. every time you write about angry white, you get about 500 people chiming in, and they're all well thought out comments. i heard from some last week who wanted me to reference -- someone last week who wanted me to reference a poll. the point that whites are " ominously more pessimistic than minorities about the prospects for their children." we have reached a point where blacks and latinos are more optimistic about the future of their kids than whites, to your point about the sense of grievance. ron's book would fit well into this canon of books that are examining what divides us. i think he would second that idea that washington is more divided them the rest of the country. you mentioned that there is a source of tension and division. do you want to build on what gregory w
there is a big frea. -- fear. to what extent will whites become more effective aggrieved minority than any other in our history? >> i know this is a subject you have written before, particularly when you want to boost the number of commentators. every time you write about angry white, you get about 500 people chiming in, and they're all well thought out comments. i heard from some last week who wanted me to reference -- someone last week who wanted me to reference a poll. the point that...
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how else can we explain a budget that ends medicare while preserving tax subsidies for big oil, tax subsidies for corporate jets and continues wasteful defense programs, in fact, actually increases the defense budget when we know we have more defense than we can afford in this country? why is wasteful spending prioritized over health care for our seniors, the education of our children and investments under this bill that keep our air and water supply clean and healthy reducing health care costs in the long run? now, again, when we talk about these appropriations bills, it's not a debate over whether we should cut the deficit. i think republicans and democrats agree that we need to cut the deficit. the debate about how we restore fiscal discipline that has been abandoned over the last decade. let's have that debate here in the u.s. house and i'm glad that this rule allows us to d it under this bill and i hope we'll make some major changes to this bill. unfortunately, the energy and water bill presented before the house under this rule exemplifies a reckless and ideological approach to the budg
how else can we explain a budget that ends medicare while preserving tax subsidies for big oil, tax subsidies for corporate jets and continues wasteful defense programs, in fact, actually increases the defense budget when we know we have more defense than we can afford in this country? why is wasteful spending prioritized over health care for our seniors, the education of our children and investments under this bill that keep our air and water supply clean and healthy reducing health care costs...
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, great projects that are of national greatnesslet's build big dams, let's have big wars, let's have big kumbaya moments from a conservative point of view andi'm not a fan of that. matt welch is certainly not a fan of that. and i always bring it back to my grandparents who left europe because they didn't want to be part of somebody else's national greatness plan. >> richard nixon -- you call him the "colossus of yorba linda." >> yes, well that's a reference to the iluminados trilogy by robert anton wilson and robert shea, where throughout it, it's a great parody book of a kind of conspiracy theory that came out in the early to mid-'70s, and throughout it a character is trying to raise money to build a stature in honor of nixon, they called the "colossus of yorba linda." >> what did you think of him? >> of nixon? >> yes. >> nixon is a -- i think he is a fascinating, psychological type and he was an odious personality, and in a lot of ways, i -- to call him a tragic figure is probably to offer too much grandeur to -- to simply a politician, but it's -- it's fascinating -- what -- what
, great projects that are of national greatnesslet's build big dams, let's have big wars, let's have big kumbaya moments from a conservative point of view andi'm not a fan of that. matt welch is certainly not a fan of that. and i always bring it back to my grandparents who left europe because they didn't want to be part of somebody else's national greatness plan. >> richard nixon -- you call him the "colossus of yorba linda." >> yes, well that's a reference to the...
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guest: it is one of the big concerns. in the statute, it says that ipab is very constrained in what it may recommend, and that it may not ration care or at costs to a beneficiaries pay. it can only recommend changes to provider payments. congress is concerned that if you cut provider payments to much, they will stop taking medicare patients. that is a real concern. we see that in what happened in the balanced budget act passed in 1997, with physician payments, they set up this new formula and it worked for a couple of years and since then it has not worked very well. there were recommended cuts to physician and payments and congress has put it off again and again and again and they have dug this huge hole. to fix the problem would cost $300 billion. there is aware that the same thing could happen with ipab, that although congress cannot make the cuts go away, they would have to make other cuts. although it says explicitly you cannot ration care, there is the worry about cutting payments to much. what the secretary is putt
guest: it is one of the big concerns. in the statute, it says that ipab is very constrained in what it may recommend, and that it may not ration care or at costs to a beneficiaries pay. it can only recommend changes to provider payments. congress is concerned that if you cut provider payments to much, they will stop taking medicare patients. that is a real concern. we see that in what happened in the balanced budget act passed in 1997, with physician payments, they set up this new formula and...
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there is a big buy as towards debt, including the financial sector. it makes no sense to have tax code point in the opposite direction. i worked a great deal with regulators, and i am supportive of what they're trying to do, but it is not enough. there are constrained by the international regulation, including bottle 3. -- including basil 3. why should we regard that as the last word on appropriate constraints on the extent of excess of leverage? i agree with mr. fleischer, there are many ways to tax excessive leverage, including thin capitalization tax. the imf made a good report to the g-20 on these issues. >> thank you very much. >> you said that a lower corporate tax rate would remove pressure on the debt over equity. can you explain how that would address the debt equity bias that we have heard about? >> the most simple version of this is the entity level taxation is part of the problem. reducing that rate ends up taking away that distortion to some agree. but a kind of goes further. one of the problems is not just that in the aggregate for nonfi
there is a big buy as towards debt, including the financial sector. it makes no sense to have tax code point in the opposite direction. i worked a great deal with regulators, and i am supportive of what they're trying to do, but it is not enough. there are constrained by the international regulation, including bottle 3. -- including basil 3. why should we regard that as the last word on appropriate constraints on the extent of excess of leverage? i agree with mr. fleischer, there are many ways...
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it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there is excess success we have the following procedure. polish that there is excess -- that there is success we have to follow and proceed. they have many demands. >> to you try to meet with them? >> have met with many factions of them. i am not saying that they are not good, but every group or person has his agenda, his demands, and it is absolutely -- no government in the world can respond to all of these collective demands. we have enough patience to deal with them and we are committed until this moment that the fire on
it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there...
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let's do big things. let's get our fiscal house in order. but let's do so without imposing higher taxes on the small business people that we so desperately need to start hiring again. and the gentleman from maryland loves to talk about those corporate loopholes. he loves to talk about corporate jet owners and the kind of preferences that exist in the code. the gentleman from maryland knows all too well. he and i were in discussions for almost seven weeks when i said again and again that we would be happy to engage in a discussion of tax reform to get rid of those loopholes. the gentleman also knows that those loopholes and the costs associated with those loopholes pale in comparison to the problem. so i know it makes for good politics to go throw the shiny ball out there, madam speaker -- mr. van hollen: will the gentleman yield? mr. cantor: i will not yield. to throw the shiny ball out there that somehow the republicans will sustain these preferences when all along in our budget and in our plan we have said we're for tax reform. we have sai
let's do big things. let's get our fiscal house in order. but let's do so without imposing higher taxes on the small business people that we so desperately need to start hiring again. and the gentleman from maryland loves to talk about those corporate loopholes. he loves to talk about corporate jet owners and the kind of preferences that exist in the code. the gentleman from maryland knows all too well. he and i were in discussions for almost seven weeks when i said again and again that we...
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big government and big banks have failed us. the crushing weight of the potential markets have yet to be fixed. that has helped to inhibit the ability of the american people to move forward. it is never a failure of the american people. that is not why we are having the difficulties we are having. it is the failure of governments to affect the larger institutions. for a period of time, you are about something that is too big to fail. they already have. they continue to drag down the ability of the american people to move forward. it is a change to actual leadership and a change to bring government into the 21st century, a realization that what has happened on wall street has failed. allow the american people to six those problems and moved forward. for the republicans, everything in the world is moving toward empower you to make more and more of your own decisions. it is what the basis of the free republic is. it is the basis of voluntary community organizations. these are the things that are happening. the only concern people h
big government and big banks have failed us. the crushing weight of the potential markets have yet to be fixed. that has helped to inhibit the ability of the american people to move forward. it is never a failure of the american people. that is not why we are having the difficulties we are having. it is the failure of governments to affect the larger institutions. for a period of time, you are about something that is too big to fail. they already have. they continue to drag down the ability of...
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that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and working to provide stability against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it is time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stings when it comes to reconstruction projects. i hope that you all will convince me that i have become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we are spending money in theater. i am looking for good news, and i hope we hear some today. but i think it
that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and...
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s'mores are big for us. i would rather have them at home. so -- who hasn't had a question the past couple days? you? >> you talked a little about kind of the mood in the room and how you're getting kind of get up with some of the discussions -- >> we are set up. i'm saying the president has more patience than job. i don't compete with him in that regard. >> the meeting when it broke down yesterday and president slammed back his chair and stood up and said, see you tomorrow. i'm wondering if you can talk about generally the mood of the meeting last night throughout the whole thing and what happened yesterday? >> i don't understand the problem is if the president of the united states after a meeting over two hours stands up and says see you tomorrow. that's how meetings with president's end. you don't leave first. the president leaves first. so that was completely appropriate, unless somebody in the room thought he or she should have the last word and start the exit from the meeting. but that would be i think a breach of protocol. >> you talke
s'mores are big for us. i would rather have them at home. so -- who hasn't had a question the past couple days? you? >> you talked a little about kind of the mood in the room and how you're getting kind of get up with some of the discussions -- >> we are set up. i'm saying the president has more patience than job. i don't compete with him in that regard. >> the meeting when it broke down yesterday and president slammed back his chair and stood up and said, see you tomorrow....
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guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs? yes, it did. i think that is how we have to approach medicare. a baby girl born today as a 50% chance or better of living to 100 my husband's grandmother passed away a couple of years ago one a week shy of 112 living in her own home. these are the things that we are dealing with. people are living longer. i was very engaged with care coordination, wellness, how we coordinate care for our seniors in order to make sure not only are they getting the appropriate care but getting it in the setting that they want and having the quality of life that they want as well. me
guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs?...
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we will be doing a very big report and not from autumn. we start to say it is hard to know the effect of people are not keeping the data on gender. we are now opening a data gender initiative. what i find most, just to give you an example of what this could be in real life, you cannot get on our web site, and you can punch up a country, and you can see all the projects in the country and learn what is going on in the project. by the end of the years so we will have this for lending as well. you can say we think this is what the results are, but this is what we see in the village. this is a whole transformational climbing of what was traditionally seen as a hierarchal call system. i think it reflects what is happening more broadly. let's go to a couple of questions. in many developed countries there are issues with property items. people do not have documents on the property. how does this affect domestic and element -- development. the question is exactly right, property rights are fundamental. since i was making the point recently on gend
we will be doing a very big report and not from autumn. we start to say it is hard to know the effect of people are not keeping the data on gender. we are now opening a data gender initiative. what i find most, just to give you an example of what this could be in real life, you cannot get on our web site, and you can punch up a country, and you can see all the projects in the country and learn what is going on in the project. by the end of the years so we will have this for lending as well. you...
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a couple of big wars. which instead of everybody being patriotic and really assist the country, we borrow and do it on a credit card. that's a couple trillion dollars. then we have a crash on wall street. another $2 trillion or $3 trillion. that's where the debt came from. i could lay the blame at the feet of the republican leadership and administration, but we are where we are and we've got to deal with it. it's got to be done in a balanced way. both the revenue side of the ledger and the expense side of the ledger. if our goal is to pay down the debt, you need more revenue and you need less expense. it's both sides. you can't just say, we're going to cut, cut, cut. we're going to take it out of medicare, we're going to privatize social security, we're going to eliminate early childhood education. you've got to deal with the expenses and we know that. but you've got to have revenue and in this instance, the republicans say you know what, we're not going to have additional taxes for millionaires and billio
a couple of big wars. which instead of everybody being patriotic and really assist the country, we borrow and do it on a credit card. that's a couple trillion dollars. then we have a crash on wall street. another $2 trillion or $3 trillion. that's where the debt came from. i could lay the blame at the feet of the republican leadership and administration, but we are where we are and we've got to deal with it. it's got to be done in a balanced way. both the revenue side of the ledger and the...
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it is your job, and that is why you get the big bucks. >> mr. green was asking about william cullen bryant and whether history was kind to him. giamatti wasul they mon kind to you? >> i have not seen it. >> his beard was like yours. let me turn to the fiscal restrictions that have come into play. it looks like there was a huge surge in federal spending. and my reading about rights? >> it looks like 2009. >> i see what you are saying. yes, sir. >> there was a big expenditure, but in the first quarter of this year, a substantial drop. am i reading that right? >> yes. >> in my law practice i did a lot of chapter 11 bankruptcy work, and i do not think this country is near bankruptcy. we have fiscal management and we have to undertake, but you do not pay every bill overnight, because that puts you back into the troubles you are already in. i believe this country is going to keep going. how would you explain the cuts that keep happening in this quarter. is that how you would like to see fiscal policy? >> sorry not to be to direct. i will not get into
it is your job, and that is why you get the big bucks. >> mr. green was asking about william cullen bryant and whether history was kind to him. giamatti wasul they mon kind to you? >> i have not seen it. >> his beard was like yours. let me turn to the fiscal restrictions that have come into play. it looks like there was a huge surge in federal spending. and my reading about rights? >> it looks like 2009. >> i see what you are saying. yes, sir. >> there was a...
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security challenges obviously remain a big problem. and i think that we're going to have to try to dig through all those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime that's being spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. then i think it's time we focus on the mission where we are training security forces and we are working to provide stability against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it's time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stinks when it comes to reconstruction projects. now, i hope that you all are going to convince me i've become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we're spending money in theater and i want to tell you i'm looking for good n
security challenges obviously remain a big problem. and i think that we're going to have to try to dig through all those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime that's being spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. then i think it's time we focus on the mission where we are...
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so the only e that can have a rule overturned is a big bank on wall street, one who is too big to fail. the way it is currently written, you have given a voice to those people who helped cause this financial crisis. you know what? i'm not from wall street. i'm from small-town, rura wisconsin. we don't have big wall street banks. we have small community banks and we have credit unions. the way the current bill is written, not mine, the one that's in existence today, it doesn't give a voice to the people in my community if a rule that comes down from the cfpb is going to affect them negatively. on main street, the very people who had nothing to do with the financial crisis, who hen't been given a voice, but will if my bill passes, those are the people who deal with our small business owners. with our family members. people who are looking at expanding their business, growing their business, creating jobs in our community. they rely on community banks and credit unions for loans. and they don't have a voice. i don't understand that. and then, those same people that you look to when you wa
so the only e that can have a rule overturned is a big bank on wall street, one who is too big to fail. the way it is currently written, you have given a voice to those people who helped cause this financial crisis. you know what? i'm not from wall street. i'm from small-town, rura wisconsin. we don't have big wall street banks. we have small community banks and we have credit unions. the way the current bill is written, not mine, the one that's in existence today, it doesn't give a voice to...
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social media helps us to see how big the ocean is and how big our reach can be. it helps us realize we are not just a wave. we are part of a much larger movement. my question to you is, how does it help foster engagement? if you could share some examples from the work you do. if you feel you have a good response, you can chime in. how the social media help? >> one way is because no longer do people have to wait for an organization to come to them and ask them to vote or to serve or to get their friends involved in something. they can stand up and say this is what is important to me. i want to do that. it is helping to foster a power shift in terms of becoming less centralized and the coming to a network based strategy and seeing how empowering their supporters to be advocates on their behalf aually decreases them of their workload and gets more people involved in the process. that is important. i think social media provides a low-cost, low barrier of entry, easy way for people to take action where they might not have been able to otherwise before, whether it is v
social media helps us to see how big the ocean is and how big our reach can be. it helps us realize we are not just a wave. we are part of a much larger movement. my question to you is, how does it help foster engagement? if you could share some examples from the work you do. if you feel you have a good response, you can chime in. how the social media help? >> one way is because no longer do people have to wait for an organization to come to them and ask them to vote or to serve or to get...
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the money made a big difference. one was funded primarily by the french airline tax on overseas flights. that funds the children's medicine part. i give you this only as an example. we applied the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got in the climate change business. we are helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by not only retrofitting buildings but changing the street lights. wherever possible in megacities, we close landfills, which are huge in matters of methane gas, and which are gold mines. in all those landfills, you have recyclable glass, plastic, and metal, and all the rest. the organic material can be turned into fertilizer and the rest can be turned into electricity. we are trying to do the same thing. we have doubled, tripled, and sometimes quadruple the income of african farmers by lowering the cost of fertilizer and seed, and working out a distribution network, and saving them have their income by taking their products to market. the po
the money made a big difference. one was funded primarily by the french airline tax on overseas flights. that funds the children's medicine part. i give you this only as an example. we applied the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got in the climate change business. we are helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by not only retrofitting buildings but changing the street lights. wherever possible in megacities, we close...
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please give her a big round of applause. [applause] i see a lot of new faces out here and i see a few faces i have known for a long time. some of you here in new me before i had gray hair. [laughter] >> you looked good though. [laughter] >> thank you. malia and sasha say it makes me look distinguished. michelle says it just makes me look old. she loves it, she just says it makes me look old. [laughter] being here with all of you i cannot help but think back to the election to one-half years ago and that night in grant park. it was the culmination of an extraordinary campaign that drew on the hard work of people all across america. men and women and some children. i did well with the eight and under demographic. men and women who believed the change was possible. they believe we did not have to accept politics as usual. they believed we could have a country that lived up to its finest aspirations. was a beautiful night. everybody was feeling pretty good. what i said that night, i said this is not to the end. this is just the
please give her a big round of applause. [applause] i see a lot of new faces out here and i see a few faces i have known for a long time. some of you here in new me before i had gray hair. [laughter] >> you looked good though. [laughter] >> thank you. malia and sasha say it makes me look distinguished. michelle says it just makes me look old. she loves it, she just says it makes me look old. [laughter] being here with all of you i cannot help but think back to the election to...
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he is going to the same big donors and asking them to write as big a check as they can so that he shows a big number only a portion of that can actually be spent on the primary election effort. host: kenneth vogel is our guest, a senior reporter for the politico. caller: i have had a question caller: i have had a question for a long time concerning the public unions, the teacher unions, and all those other types of unions. they put a lot of money towards candidates, but it is that taxpayer money paying for these public unions. i am a republican and i do not want my money to go to who they usually want their money to good to. hal in the world this -- is that constitutional or legal? host: what union are you in? you did not want your money going to the democrats. which union are you in? are you in a union? caller: no, i am not a union. as a taxpayer, i know that the public unions support the democrats usually. i am concerned that my money is going toward, you know, going out there. it is going to candidates that i would never support. host: logan in maryland. guest: unions are big spender
he is going to the same big donors and asking them to write as big a check as they can so that he shows a big number only a portion of that can actually be spent on the primary election effort. host: kenneth vogel is our guest, a senior reporter for the politico. caller: i have had a question caller: i have had a question for a long time concerning the public unions, the teacher unions, and all those other types of unions. they put a lot of money towards candidates, but it is that taxpayer...
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just the fact that people know your name is a big, big advantage. and so a lot of candidates that want to be president have to spend a lot of time getting that name recognition. >> host: ann arbor, michigan, greg on our democrats line. >> caller: hey, good morning, how are you. >> guest: hi. >> caller: i was listening about special interests taking over government. how is that the alcohol and tobacco commissions be in charge of drug laws. go to our u.s. surgeon general's website, ma'am, 400,000 americans dead last year from tobacco, over 100,000 dead from alcohol, over 150,000 dead from prescription drugs. zero dead from marijuana overdose. how is it that the tobacco lobby can come before congress and complain about marijuana being legal -- >> host: i think you're offtopic and i apologize. let's go to savannah, georgia, barbara, republican line, savannah georgia, you're on. >> caller: ok, thank you. i want to know why would they allow one candidate to opt out and the other one not to opt out? that certainly makes an uneven playing field and that cer
just the fact that people know your name is a big, big advantage. and so a lot of candidates that want to be president have to spend a lot of time getting that name recognition. >> host: ann arbor, michigan, greg on our democrats line. >> caller: hey, good morning, how are you. >> guest: hi. >> caller: i was listening about special interests taking over government. how is that the alcohol and tobacco commissions be in charge of drug laws. go to our u.s. surgeon general's...
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so the only one that can have a rule overturned is a big bank on wall street, one who is too big to fail. the way it is currently written, you have given a voice to those people who helped cause this financial crisis. you know what? i'm not from wall street. i'm from small-town, rural wisconsin. we don't have big wall street banks. we have small community banks and we have credit unions. the way the current bill is written, not mine, the one that's in existence today, it doesn't give a voice to the people in my community if a rule that comes down from the cfpb is going to affect them negatively. on main street, the very people who had nothing to do with the financial crisis, who haven't been given a voice, but will if my bill passes, those are the people who deal with our small business owners. with our family members. people who are looking at expanding their business, growing their business, creating jobs in our community. they rely on community banks and credit unions for loans. and they don't have a voice. i don't understand that. and then, those same people that you look to when you
so the only one that can have a rule overturned is a big bank on wall street, one who is too big to fail. the way it is currently written, you have given a voice to those people who helped cause this financial crisis. you know what? i'm not from wall street. i'm from small-town, rural wisconsin. we don't have big wall street banks. we have small community banks and we have credit unions. the way the current bill is written, not mine, the one that's in existence today, it doesn't give a voice to...
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let's go for a big one. let's actually hop on because i'm not a big fan of war. so i thought, hey, why don't we calculate the big can hewna. what would happen kahuna. what would happen if we took in all the money from the corporate jet subsidies and all that money from getting rid of anything that incentivizes fossil fuel expiration, and we also get rid of those bush tax cuts extensions and we are willing to slow down the economy and assume every dime comes in, and we just didn't have any of the wars. we didn't have libya, we didn't have afghanistan, we didn't have iraq, they just all magically went away tomorrow. because we have had repeatedly members from the left stand up behind me these microphones and tell us this would take care of the problem. we just wouldn't have that $1.6 trillion we are going to run in debt this year if we just didn't have these sorts of things. once again it's time to put batteries in the calculator. if we pretend every dime of that all went straight to paying down the debt, it's three hours. it's three hours. and we have actually put
let's go for a big one. let's actually hop on because i'm not a big fan of war. so i thought, hey, why don't we calculate the big can hewna. what would happen kahuna. what would happen if we took in all the money from the corporate jet subsidies and all that money from getting rid of anything that incentivizes fossil fuel expiration, and we also get rid of those bush tax cuts extensions and we are willing to slow down the economy and assume every dime comes in, and we just didn't have any of...
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education is a big export. income that comes from overseas and into our pockets, helping to employ americans in the education system. this is certainly a part of that story. those years have to shift to become more globally oriented. host: "demand drives business decisions." michael, democratic caller, minnesota. caller: i would like to comment about the republican guest that you had. i also want to apologize for the caller that attack you. that was very wrong. when the question was as, what was the plan about what would they do -- keep doubled talks and said -- key double talk and said we would decide what we do later. this is why people do not like politicians. it is like voodoo going on here. i am so ashamed that democrats and republicans are not working together. it is important to the world that they see this challenge that is going on. host: our current desk jon hilsenrath,, road -- our current guests jon hilsenrath, -- our current guest, jon hilsenrath, what is the take away benefits -- what is the take
education is a big export. income that comes from overseas and into our pockets, helping to employ americans in the education system. this is certainly a part of that story. those years have to shift to become more globally oriented. host: "demand drives business decisions." michael, democratic caller, minnesota. caller: i would like to comment about the republican guest that you had. i also want to apologize for the caller that attack you. that was very wrong. when the question was...
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red roof, but it's a big church with a big heart. he leads three services a day and you can't say he doesn't have some type of service for you because he has a traditional service. he has a more jazzed up service. and then he has a coffee house service where he sits around and talks to members of his congregation about things they face every day in life. i want to thank pastor dillard for coming and sharing with us today and the heart he has for this country and for each and every one of us. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. the gentleman from michigan, for what purpose do you rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. walden: madam speaker, hardly a week goes by that doesn't burden our american people and this economy. this week is environmental regulation that will drive up costs. it costs $1.7 trillion annually. o.m.b. has reported that regulations cost
red roof, but it's a big church with a big heart. he leads three services a day and you can't say he doesn't have some type of service for you because he has a traditional service. he has a more jazzed up service. and then he has a coffee house service where he sits around and talks to members of his congregation about things they face every day in life. i want to thank pastor dillard for coming and sharing with us today and the heart he has for this country and for each and every one of us....
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the people like it's mcconnell are there to support big business. whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the consumer bureau consolidating into one place, that is 80% true. it consolidates them into one bureau. there is additional authority that it will have, and that is to supervise and regulate what are called non-bank financial firms. those are financial firms that do not take deposits. payday lenders, mortgage originators, that kind of thing. the principal was very simple. in the run-up to the financial crisis we had essentially what became known as the shadow banking industry. this was the mortgage factories that existed outside the deposit banks that turned up som
the people like it's mcconnell are there to support big business. whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the...
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big challenges often look that way. today, however, i can say clearly that we have stopped a president in growing our government an begin to head down a path towards prosperity for our nation and freedom. it's a good day. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, last week the united nations declared famine in somalia and reported urgent needs in ethiopia and kenya. on our nightly tv news and daily papers, we are seeing the pictures of people dying, children suffering extreme malnutrition, and mothers carrying their babies, walking over 100 miles in search of food and safe hache. tens of thousands of -- hiven. tens of thousands of people are seeking safe haven. this is send triest year on record since 1951. the impact has been compounded by war, neglect, and sigh spiraling food prices. some 11.5 million people across east africa ne
big challenges often look that way. today, however, i can say clearly that we have stopped a president in growing our government an begin to head down a path towards prosperity for our nation and freedom. it's a good day. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, last week the united nations declared...
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the big jobs would have been a big job creators and they were not included. i think he made a strategic mistake whenever he started talking about job creation and deficit reduction in the same sentence. people got them all jumbled up. here we are talking about deficit reduction with no talk about job creation right now. that was his strategic mistake. he should have extricated themselves. he still should. that will only spiral us down work. -- debt will only spiral us downward. all of the cuts an austerity programs. look at greece. the deeper their austerity goes, the higher their debt goes. this was supposed to be a program to get them out of debt and the recession. it is pushing them in the opposite direction. all of the talk about debt reduction at a time when we have eight jobs crisis and 14 million people out of work -- a stop crisis and 40 million people out of work for the law period ever -- you made history, shonda. he beats to talk to people and let them know that he is going to create jobs. -- he needs to talk to people and let them know he is going
the big jobs would have been a big job creators and they were not included. i think he made a strategic mistake whenever he started talking about job creation and deficit reduction in the same sentence. people got them all jumbled up. here we are talking about deficit reduction with no talk about job creation right now. that was his strategic mistake. he should have extricated themselves. he still should. that will only spiral us down work. -- debt will only spiral us downward. all of the cuts...
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let the big boys to see what is going on. if is no place for kids. guest: with respect to medicare, one of the things that is driving the enormous projections of deficits are entitlement programs. they take up an enormous amount of the federal budget. when you read the reports, we are 15-years away from bankrupting the medicare program your payment every month will be far insufficient to make sure that you continue to receive that benefit. it is one of the reasons that republicans have taken a very serious approach to resolving the crisis, that medicare crisis, which will be upon us before we know it. when we pass the budget plan as best year, we said we would take care of folks 55 and older. we also said we will not allow a 15-member board of un elected people to decide her fate and the medical treatment that you will or will not get. we put forth a plan the to make sure that medicare is around for you and the next generation. i hope we can get democrats to join us on that host: plan was theeid's only plan, would you vote for it? guest: i will oppos
let the big boys to see what is going on. if is no place for kids. guest: with respect to medicare, one of the things that is driving the enormous projections of deficits are entitlement programs. they take up an enormous amount of the federal budget. when you read the reports, we are 15-years away from bankrupting the medicare program your payment every month will be far insufficient to make sure that you continue to receive that benefit. it is one of the reasons that republicans have taken a...
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forgive me today if i don't have a lot of sympathy for big oil. last quarter, exxon posted $11.4 billion in profits alone, one quarter alone, mr. chairman. royal dutch shell posted over $6 billion profit in one quarter alone. the additional $4 hadn't 4 million added to help out the oil and gas companies to cover their permit application processing is literally pocket change for these big companies. we all live in tough economic times and we came to congress to make tough digs. we need to cut spending. that's why i ask my cheegs on both sides of the aisle to support my amendment and support this funding -- and cut this spending increase. in my amendment, i do not address drilling whatsoever. this is simply an issue of fairness for taxpayers. in times of government austerity and record profits for oil companies, this amendment is simply a statement that these companies should pay the administrative expenses associated with filing their applications. some people don't have a problem asking our seniors and our families and our small businesses to pay
forgive me today if i don't have a lot of sympathy for big oil. last quarter, exxon posted $11.4 billion in profits alone, one quarter alone, mr. chairman. royal dutch shell posted over $6 billion profit in one quarter alone. the additional $4 hadn't 4 million added to help out the oil and gas companies to cover their permit application processing is literally pocket change for these big companies. we all live in tough economic times and we came to congress to make tough digs. we need to cut...
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we have a big, big government, susan, that we can't afford. this, i would argue, is all of our fault. it's not just members of congress' fault. it's all americans' fault, because we've let it get to this point. so now we're all sort of uncomfortable because we've got to make some difficult decisions. we all have to act like grown-ups. host: there are a number of stories about the president and the options available to him. here's just one in the "financial times." it says, obama faces legal dilemmas as time runs out. there are discussions about whether he can issue an executive order about the debt ceiling or use the 14th amendment to the constitution. if the president chooses to act independently, what would your reaction be? >> i'd be very disappointed. i think most of congress would be disappointed. i hope he wouldn't do this. with an issue this big, which is just a step in our debt crisis, i think the solution has to be a solution that most american people, again, reflected by this body up here, support. it would be very dangerous, i think
we have a big, big government, susan, that we can't afford. this, i would argue, is all of our fault. it's not just members of congress' fault. it's all americans' fault, because we've let it get to this point. so now we're all sort of uncomfortable because we've got to make some difficult decisions. we all have to act like grown-ups. host: there are a number of stories about the president and the options available to him. here's just one in the "financial times." it says, obama faces...
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that was a big fight when we came in, president came in, that was a big fight. out of compromise, he said, let's be fair. and so you can see the bush tax cuts, 37% of our debt. 37%. so to talk about why we're here, look at what the republicans have done. and then you have the iraq war, 11%, so it's interesting that now they're going to be fiscally responsible but yet they are the cause of the debt. let me finish by just saying that i am glad to be here with the congressional black caucus, i want to rename the bill as the tap dance, losers club and bust the american people bill. bust the safety net for america. and i want to thank the gentlelady by simply saying, i love this country and i believe we can come together. i have great respect for my colleagues who have a different view. but what i beg of them to do is to take the constitution and cherish it like we all do and that opening part that says, we the people, we are now calling on republicans and democrats and members of the tea party who are in this congress to be part of the we the people and let us not i
that was a big fight when we came in, president came in, that was a big fight. out of compromise, he said, let's be fair. and so you can see the bush tax cuts, 37% of our debt. 37%. so to talk about why we're here, look at what the republicans have done. and then you have the iraq war, 11%, so it's interesting that now they're going to be fiscally responsible but yet they are the cause of the debt. let me finish by just saying that i am glad to be here with the congressional black caucus, i...
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no big deal? tell that to the family who would have to pay higher interest rates on their mortgage, their car loan, their student loan. it would be a very big deal to them. many of my friends on the other side of the aisle didn't just stand by as we created these massive deficits. they were active participants. they voted for two huge tax cuts, mostly for wealthy people, that weren't paid for. two wars that weren't paid for. a massive prescription drug program that wasn't paid for. and now their solution is to punish the very americans who can least afford it, all in the name of keeping their rich friends and their special interests happy. the boehner plan is unbalanced and unfair. it slashes programs like social security and medicare that benefit the middle class and the poor. but the republicans insist on protecting tax breaks for oil and gas companies, just today exxon mobil announced profits of $10.7 billion for the second quarter. do they really need special tax breaks? the american people su
no big deal? tell that to the family who would have to pay higher interest rates on their mortgage, their car loan, their student loan. it would be a very big deal to them. many of my friends on the other side of the aisle didn't just stand by as we created these massive deficits. they were active participants. they voted for two huge tax cuts, mostly for wealthy people, that weren't paid for. two wars that weren't paid for. a massive prescription drug program that wasn't paid for. and now...
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that has played a big role. with this agreement, it would allow us to get our products in there at a faster rate and get them to people who produce them. host: last year, u.s.-colombia trade equaled $27 billion. the u.s. imports $15 billion. those include mineral fuel, precious stones, spices, coffee , plants, fruits, and nuts. guest: crude oil is probably one of our biggest imports. i think it is about $10 billion. i think most people are drinking coffee this morning. i did before i left this morning. coffee is a major agricultural imports for us. they grow bananas. when you go into the stores and see fresh fruit -- fresh cut flowers, a lot of those come from colombia. it is several million dollars' worth. is a bigger -- it is a bigger import for us from colombia than bananas. it contributes to our economy. colombian coffee is pretty much everywhere now. it is benefiting those growers. host: huntington beach, california, jerry on the democrats' line. caller: top of the morning to you. one of the callers brought
that has played a big role. with this agreement, it would allow us to get our products in there at a faster rate and get them to people who produce them. host: last year, u.s.-colombia trade equaled $27 billion. the u.s. imports $15 billion. those include mineral fuel, precious stones, spices, coffee , plants, fruits, and nuts. guest: crude oil is probably one of our biggest imports. i think it is about $10 billion. i think most people are drinking coffee this morning. i did before i left this...
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big thanks to our studio audience. big banks to our candidate, former massachusetts gov. mitt romney. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> you are watching c-span, the new politics and public affairs. connecting you with elected officials, policy makers, and journalists. weekdays, watch live coverage of the u.s. house. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, our signature interview program. on sunday, newsmakers, today, and prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. you can also watch any program online at c-span.org. c-span -- washington, your white. a public service created by america's cable companies. -- c-span -- washington, your way. >> the house is coming back in at 4:15 this morning to debate one bill. c-span will stream tomorrow's debate live on facebook. >> have you ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have, and this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight, join c-span for a live look at the librar
big thanks to our studio audience. big banks to our candidate, former massachusetts gov. mitt romney. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> you are watching c-span, the new politics and public affairs. connecting you with elected officials, policy makers, and journalists. weekdays, watch live coverage of the u.s. house. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, our signature...
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there's been a lot of bumps, some pretty big bumps along the way. and it has to do with new entrants into the u.s. as a country, as a political system. again, primarily through immigration. pushing the envelope, as it were, certainly from the standpoint of the majority established community. i'll tabling one example and that's the experience of roman catholics in this country. again, because of major migrations from europe, but in that wave primarily from roman catholics countries such as ireland and italy and poland and so forth, this was profoundly unsettling to the mainstream protestant establishment and there were indeed not only tensions and conflicts but violence in places like philadelphia, for instance, where the main campus -- the original campus of my alma mater, villanova, was torched to the ground. it was in the parish in villanova -- in philadelphia. one of the reasons -- the real reason, the precipitating reason had to do with bible reading in the public schools and whether, you know, catholic kids would be allowed to read the new age
there's been a lot of bumps, some pretty big bumps along the way. and it has to do with new entrants into the u.s. as a country, as a political system. again, primarily through immigration. pushing the envelope, as it were, certainly from the standpoint of the majority established community. i'll tabling one example and that's the experience of roman catholics in this country. again, because of major migrations from europe, but in that wave primarily from roman catholics countries such as...
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i think the stimulus was not big enough. too much of it was not in tax cuts that are not an efficient way to get the economy to grow, and one of the things that was under appreciated about a was a big part of what was doing was helping prevent local governments from laying people off. the stimulus gets far less credit than it deserves. actually did help create and protect jobs, but we need more and more targeted efforts right now to actually create jobs. the ideas you hear being talked about right now -- people are talking about, "what about a corporate tax holiday?" all of these corporations are off shoring hundreds of billions of dollars because they have to pay taxes to bring it back to the u.s. we will let them bring it back at 5 cents on the dollar, and maybe they'll use it to create jobs. they are already sitting on literally billions of dollars in profits that they are not spending. or another payroll tax cut. again, same problem. i do not see how that will create jobs in corporations are already making record profits
i think the stimulus was not big enough. too much of it was not in tax cuts that are not an efficient way to get the economy to grow, and one of the things that was under appreciated about a was a big part of what was doing was helping prevent local governments from laying people off. the stimulus gets far less credit than it deserves. actually did help create and protect jobs, but we need more and more targeted efforts right now to actually create jobs. the ideas you hear being talked about...
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they have a lot of big american serials and movies. they have football rights which been after share with others. it has been an increasingly powerful force in british television media. when mr. murdoch proposed taking his minority stake to 100% control, it set up a chain of events were regulators and ministers have to consider competition and weathered the corporation's market share, when you look at newspapers and his television interests, have grown too big to allow further concentration of media ownership in the united kingdom and also something called media plurality. that is the idea of having enough voices in the mix. the bbc is the state-funded british broadcasting corporation which has television, radio, and online media and it is very competitive and raucous press that we have with more than one dozen daily national newspapers. then you have the new on-line upstarts. what is the appropriate mix of media ownership? it has been so controversial and divided for the british political environment because of this investigation into
they have a lot of big american serials and movies. they have football rights which been after share with others. it has been an increasingly powerful force in british television media. when mr. murdoch proposed taking his minority stake to 100% control, it set up a chain of events were regulators and ministers have to consider competition and weathered the corporation's market share, when you look at newspapers and his television interests, have grown too big to allow further concentration of...
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is too big to downgrade. we have heard the adage "too big to fail." but maybe the u.s. is too big to downgrade. as a reality, it will never default on its treasury obligations. all those discussions are being had a back-and-forth with snb. -- s&p. they have to consider along with moody's and fitch that there is talk of default, and to simply ignore that and not have a plan and thinking behind how they would react to that would be a mistake. that is what we want to happen from the last crisis. we want them to be open, honest, transparent and much more timely in terms of how they are analyzing these credits. i think that is happening. host: if the u.s. were at what point aa, could they reget the aaa rating? guest: there is talk about that, how difficult it is to reverse that position. quite honestly, it is in the hands of the congress to come up with something other than token, and pushing past the 2012 elections, any serious consideration of on the more meaningful package to get revenue and expenditures under control. it me be a process of showing progress, not just toke
is too big to downgrade. we have heard the adage "too big to fail." but maybe the u.s. is too big to downgrade. as a reality, it will never default on its treasury obligations. all those discussions are being had a back-and-forth with snb. -- s&p. they have to consider along with moody's and fitch that there is talk of default, and to simply ignore that and not have a plan and thinking behind how they would react to that would be a mistake. that is what we want to happen from the...